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After launching, the rocket will deliver NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory, DSCOVR, on a path towards an observation post a million miles from Earth before attempting to land on the automated barge once again. SpaceX could pinpoint what caused the failure last time, which was an insufficient amount of hydraulic fluid that was powering the rocket’s fins, so this time they have added 50% more. The idea behind these return experiments is to be able to recycle rocket stages so that future missions don’t require a new rocket each time, which could dramatically reduce the cost of space travel.

Elon Reeve Musk (/ˈiːlɒn ˈmʌsk/; born June 28, 1971) is a South Africa-born, Canadian-American entrepreneur, engineer, inventor and investor.He is the CEO and CTO of SpaceX, CEO and chief product architect of Tesla Motors, and chairman of SolarCity. He is the founder of SpaceX and a cofounder of PayPal,[12] Tesla Motors, and He has also envisioned a conceptual high-speed transportation system known as the Hyperloop.